The Master Mind

CHAPTER II

THE MIND MASTER

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The idea of "mastery" inevitably carries with it the notion of dominion, power, or supremacy exercised by some person or thing regarded as the "master." The spirit and essence of the term "master" is that of "governor, ruler, director, leader, manager, or controller." In short, the essential meaning of the two terms, "master" and "mastery," is bound up with the idea of "government." To "govern" anything, the governing authority must regulate, direct, restrain, manage, encourage, and exercise general control.

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In all forms of government, there is a certain central point of authority—a certain central power that is sovereign within its own realm and that has the authority to issue commands and enforce them. Whether the government is that exercised by the chief of a savage tribe, who gains and holds his position by physical strength; whether it is that of a monarch of a kingdom, who gains and holds his position by hereditary rights; or whether it is that of the president of a republic, who gains and holds his position by the will of the people, the central authority is vested in one particular individual. Descending in the scale, we find the same principle in operation in the government of a public meeting, a classroom, a workshop, or an office. In short, wherever there is government,